Hodie est...

Friday, December 19, 2008

LATIN EXPRESSION

Adeste fideles
laeti triumphantes
venite venite in Bethlehem.
natum videte regem angelorum.
venite, adoremus Dominum.


John Francis Wade (teacher of Latin at Douay, c.1743)

As sung by Bing Crosby

http://www.last.fm/music/Bing+Crosby/_/Adeste+Fideles

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

LATIN EXPRESSION

Silentium sermonis magister est.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

LATIN EXPRESSION

Quem Iuppiter vult perdere dementat prius.

James Duport (1606-1679), Dean of Peterborough 1664 (Cathedral near Cambridge UK), in his book Homeri Gnomologia , a collection of maxims from that ancient Greek epic poet, Homer.

LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION

Open Topic Prompt: compose a slogan for the Latin Club t-shirt contest. You may discuss ideas as groups but should compose /solo/, on your own. Latin I may write in English or Latin; Latin II, Latin preferably; and Latin II, Latin only.

Monday, December 1, 2008

LATIN EXPRESSIONS

Laeta venire Venus, tristis abire solet.

--John Owen (Iohannes Audoenus, 1564-1622)

Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi.

On today's convergence of Jupiter, Venus and the crescent moon, see:

http://www.physorg.com/news146849510.html

LATIN III PROSE COMPOSITION

Scribete omnes sententiam de illa figura:


c.f. (='confer' for refer to...) Agenda per Diem for extension as group project.